Child in wreck dies of injuries

A day after losing her mother in a car wreck, 8-year-old Bianca Manzanales died from her injuries suffered in the crash near Plainview.

The Earth family, including three children, was involved in the wreck on U.S. 70, about eight miles west of Plainview, late Monday afternoon, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers said.

Bianca's mother, 27-year-old Melissa Manzanales, and her mother's boyfriend, Heath Lunsford, 20, of Amherst, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to DPS.

Bianca was rushed to a Lubbock hospital with internal and head injuries.

Her sister, 5-year-old Ariana Manzanales, was taken to a Plainview hospital. Her brother, 7-year-old Joe Manzanales, was treated and released from the local hospital. Both children are expected to recover.

DPS officials said Lunsford failed to control his speed and struck the back of a tractor-trailer that was stopped at a construction zone on the highway.